The only ancient temple where Lord Nataraja is the presiding deity is located in Chidambaram ( Chitrakootam ) and the unique feature of this temple is the famous “Chidambara rahasyam” (Cosmic secret) that is written in the Bilwa leaves kept in the sanctum sanctorium. Nobody knows the details of the inscriptions. By the directive of Kanchi Paramaacharya Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal , a replica of this temple was built at Satara in Maharashtra called “Uttara Chidambaram”.
Great care was taken to ensure that every bit of it looks similar to the original and then came the most important step. How to replicate the Chidamabara rahasyam? After all, nobody knows the details! Except of course, the all-knowing Almighty! Paramaacharya came to the rescue. He dictated the entire rahasyam to a Pandit who wrote it on the Bilwa leaves and the moment the job was done, Mahaswami said “ May you forget the Rahasyam right now!” and lo! The Pandit forgot the whole thing. Clearly, it is God who gives us memory and removes it too.
Ram Ram
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